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manaphy
#490

Manaphy

Seafaring Pokémon

Water

It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 100
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 100
Speed 100
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Seafaring Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 1.4 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1 ,Fairy
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

manaphy Front Front
manaphy Back Back
manaphy Front Shiny Front Shiny
manaphy Back Shiny Back Shiny
manaphy Official Art Official Art
manaphy Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Tail Glow + 3 Attacks
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Tail Glow + Rain Dance
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 240
SpA 160
Spe 108

Strategy Overview

Manaphy is one of the best wallbreakers and stallbreakers in the tier thanks to Tail Glow. Manaphy also has a wide movepool consisting of many coverage moves, which includes Energy Ball for Water-types like Rotom-W and Slowbro; Ice Beam to hit Latios, Mega Latias, Mega Altaria, and Tangrowth; and Psychic to hit Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, Amoonguss, and Keldeo. Manaphy's ability Hydration removes all status aliments in the rain, making moves like Rest and Rain Dance good moves to run. Manaphy does, however, have an average Speed stat, making fast offensive threats like Serperior, Mega Lopunny, Latios, and Thundurus threats. Manaphy also heavily relies on Tail Glow, making it subpar when it doesn't use a turn to set up, and its typing makes it vulnerable to common types like Electric and Grass.

Most Used Moves

Tail Glow
96.7%
Surf
77.9%
Ice Beam
70.5%
Scald
22.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
71.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc